Interesting night last night. I was doing my thing (watching soap box derby videos) and suddenly my social media feed was crowded with election results.

 It looked like the end of a Star wars movie. 
Cheers and hugs and music. A lot of villains got vanquished and the nation's character was healed a little bit. 100 women elected as reps, queer folks, black folks, Natives and Latinos, all kinna folks who never get a say got elected. 
The bigoted lady who wouldn't let gay folks marry was trounced by a gay guy. YES! 
I raced upstairs expecting Olive to be elated. She wasn't. She had results feeds up too. 
She likes the wins but the losses were sobering. People still voted red despite Trumps fear-mongering and racist easy tricks. Voter suppression and gerrymandering are still huge problems. 
Also the top of the Dem party are as beholden to banks and war profiteers as the Republicans. Pelosi and Booker are far more likely to side with pharmaceutical companies than grannies. We shouldn't be voting for "superdeligates" ever. Est. Dems aren't as manipulative as the reds but they are just as greedy and happy to not fight for things. 
They are masters of snatching losses from the jaws of victory. We don't need people who get paid to lose. 
For the thousands of kids we see every year to have a good future to inherit, we need more than a blue wave. 
Everyone needs to be informed and progressive to keep the country from slipping into chaos and environmental upheaval. Olive did end with a good note. Everything we voted for passed. I'm glad we are in agreement with a majority of our neighbors. I'm sorry for the folks who didn't get what they wanted. I don't have any ill will to folks who voted against my wishes. You followed your trail of conclusions and did what ya had to do, just like me. Big biz lost in Oregon, it's still a blue state but people need to be involved. 
Politics are NOT like sports teams. Ya gotta do more than cheer. 
Even leaders we voted for need lots and lots of over-site and watchdog groups to keep em shooting straight. Thanks for participating in democracy everyone. Congrats to all the "justice democrats" who won.
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